A hawaii crime boss A man convicted of plotting the revenge murder of his son’s friend was found dead inside his jail cell over the weekend, authorities announced Monday.
Michael “Mike” Misek, 50, was found unconscious inside his cell at the federal detention center in Honolulu on Sunday, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
Misik was pronounced dead just after 10 a.m. The cause of his death remains unclear.
Investigators are reportedly treating the crime boss’s death as a suicide, but it is unclear whether he was on suicide watch. kgmb Informed.
A jury convicted Misek in July of 13 charges, including racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering and kidnapping resulting in death.
Miske’s crime organization is mentioned in a indictment As the “Miske Enterprise”, it operated from the late 1990s until his arrest in July 2020 on kidnapping and murder charges in connection with the disappearance of 21-year-old Jonathan Fraser.
Fraser was best friends with Miske’s late son, Caleb Miske, and the pair got into a high-speed crash together in November 2015, resulting in the death of the ringleader’s son.
Although police reported that Caleb was driving, Miske reportedly insisted that Fraser was responsible for the death of her only son.
Fraser disappeared without trace in July 2016. His body was never found.
After Fraser’s disappearance, Miske was investigated by police, where his web of criminal activities came to light, with federal agents raiding his home in July 2020 and arresting him.
His trial began in January 2024 and lasted about six months.
“At trial, evidence was presented that from March 2016 to July 30, 2016, Misek conspired with others to kidnap and murder 21-year-old Johnathan Fraser, with the belief that Fraser would be responsible for the death of Misek’s son. Was responsible. The result of an automobile accident,” according to. US Attorney’s Office,
“In March 2016, Miske instructed a co-conspirator to develop a plan to kidnap and murder Fraser and told that co-conspirator he could quote a price to carry out the murder. On or about July 30, 2016, Fraser was kidnapped and murdered.
“That same day, another of Miske’s co-conspirators took Fraser’s significant other on a ‘spa day,’ ensuring that Fraser and his significant other would be separated from each other if Fraser was kidnapped.”
The extent of Miske’s criminal network was also revealed during the trial.
The crime boss has owned contracting, auto and fishing companies since at least the 1990s, and commercials for his extermination business, Kama’ena Termite and Pest Control, aired frequently on Oahu.
Apart from residential properties, he also owned the glittering M Night Club, later named “Encore”.
During his trial, he was also accused of committing crimes including murder-for-hire, robbery, kidnapping of a 72-year-old loan shark accountant, and releasing poisonous chemicals in a rival’s nightclub.
“In or around March 2017, Miske and others conspired to release a chemical weapon called chloropicrin in nightclubs in Honolulu, Hawaii. As part of this conspiracy, chloropicrin was released into two different nightclubs,” according to US Attorney’s Office,
Misek’s conviction allowed the government to seize $28 million of his assets, including boats, homes, and art.
About a dozen of Miske’s associates were also implicated in various charges.
Before his death this week, the crime boss was scheduled to appear before a judge for sentencing in January and was facing up to life in prison.
with post wires
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